Vintage Looking Birthday Card for Mom

My mom’s birthday is on Halloween and she has always expressed that she likes to receive regular birthday cards which I can understand since my own birthday is near Christmas. So I made her a vintage looking card using DCWV’s Linen Closet glitter card stock. It looks appropriate for Autumn without using oranges, etc. I hope she likes it.

The card is A2 sized from Wild Card. I used Design Studio (DS) to size it appropriately and have it cut in the direction I wanted it to fold. I also used DS to weld a frame to the edges of the card and this gave me a scalloped edge. The welded frame also allowed a window to cut out for the sentiment to peer through on the side I wanted. For the other end, I just hid the contour lines so the window wouldn’t cut. Hope this makes sense. The scalloped frame is from Wild Card’s baby carriage card. I cut two separate frames in coordinating Linen Closet paper to line the front and inside window cut-outs. I made the flowers from the Bloom cartridge using cuts at 1 inch, 1.5 inches, and 2 inches. I hole punched each center and used a large brad for the centers of the flowers. I then added some sparkle to the brads using Star Dust Stickles. The flowers are popped up using foam tape. I added layers of Linen Closet glitter card stock to the inside of the card as well, with a tan card stock area for a personal message.

So lovely, love the papers and the aperture looks fab, brilliant idea and your bow looks so pretty, I usually end up struggling with mine to try and get them straight but yours looks perfect
Lindsay xx

Thanks Lindsay! I had a little help with the bow :). I checked out a you tube video on how to tie bows for cards and it was a great help. Here is the link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WwRcjaH57P8. Thanks for visiting!

Hi Sophia, I always enjoy your feedback! I am still learning how to match colors, etc. The Linen Closet card stock really helped pull this card together and I am glad you like the combination of papers. This was truly an experiment and I am glad it turned out well. Thanks for the lovely comment! It encourages me to continue to explore different designs and uses of paper.
Take care!
Vanessa